Author's Notes at Bottom - Enjoy!
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What Dreams May Come
Chapter: 1
By: Bethany
Editor: Meara
Rated: PG
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The sweat rolled from Chibi-Usa's face as
she sat up, her eyes wildly searching in the
darkness of the room. Slowly, everything came
back into focus and the frantic pounding of her
heart slowed.
She couldn't remember when "the dreams"
started. Perhaps they been with her since she
was little and she was just now remembering them.
Either way, every night they become more real.
The nagging sensation that they were more than
just dreams grew until finally the feeling that
she was had actually lived the events in her mind
was overwhelming.
The full moon sparkled in the clear night
sky. A lone beam of moonlight filling the room
with a soft glow. Tonight was a beautiful night,
a night for lovers. The yeaning in her heart once
more made itself known as she thought back over
her dream. His face was so real, so beautiful, so
handsome? and a million other words that she couldn't
think of for the frantic beating of her heart. How
she wished he could be here with her.
But he's not, nor will he be.
It is forbidden for him to leave the Land of
Dreams. Leaving the young Princess with nothing but
her dreams - of him.
Finally she eased her head back onto the pillow.
Tomorrow was another Day. Another day to try and forget
her love for Helios and at the same moment try and
remember his kiss when it was fresh on her lips. Maybe
I should let my mother set me up with one of the Princes,
Chibi-Usa thought almost bitterly, perhaps then I can move
on with my life.
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Beyond the moon, deep into the darkness of space,
a man walked slowly towards the command room. The alarm
had gone off not long ago and he knew it was time. A small
comet would hit Earth tonight and in the chaos and confusion
that would follow - he would make his move. If it was
planned perfectly; Earth would soon be his.
Of course, there was the problem of that damned
crystal that Neo-Queen Serenity used to protect Earth.
But that was of no great importance to him at the moment.
He would cross that bridge when he came to it; right
now it was time. His pace quickened as he finally
reached the center of his ship. "Coordinates?" he demanded.
A swivel chair turned, the haunted green eyes
boring out from the man sitting in it. "We are on
direct course with the comet. When it penetrates
the Earth's atmosphere at exactly twenty-three
hundred hours, we can safely move in behind it."
"What is the chance of damage to the ship?"
"As of now we have heat shields up, so we should
be undetected and unaffected." The man brought his hands
up in front of him, barely touching the tips of his
fingers together. "It won't be long now until we have
Earth on her knees."
"Good, very good."
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"Damn it..."
"Mamo-chan?"
Both the King and Queen sat straight up in their
beds, the sound of the alarm growing more frantic and
louder by each second.
Neo-Queen Serenity groped through the darkness
for her communicator. Finally finding it, she switched
it on to see the upside down face of Ami. Quickly she
turned it right side up. "Doushite no?"
"Comet. Coming into Earth's atmosphere at a very
fast rate, it is likely to hit the southern region of
France in about six minutes and forty seconds. It could
cause a lot of damage, and loss of life."
"Why didn?t we didn't detect it before?" the King
asked, already pulling clothes on.
Serenity sat up on the side of the bed, her mind
frantically trying to find ways to save the people. "Is
there anyway-"
Ami cut her off abruptly, shaking her head, "I
have already transported Saturn there to try and make
a dome big enough to hold all the people in the area."
"Wake all the Senshi and transport them there to
help gather people. I'll be down in a minute." Serenity
quickly turned her communicator off and stood. "Those
people..." she breathed.
"Don't worry, Love," Endymion said reassuringly.
"We can handle this. I'll wake Small Lady and the
asteroid Senshi. Go on with the others."
In a flash of light, Serenity disappeared.
Endymion opened his communicator and pushed the
all-alert button. Within seconds the lights indicating
the asteroid Senshi and Chibi-Usa were listening, flashed.
"There is a comet coming in Earth's atmosphere,
hurry!"
"Hai!" came four sleepy voices, and one oddly
alert voice of the princess.
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"Mommy? Mommy?!"
The hall light flickered on and the soft sound
of footsteps filled the quiet night. With a small
creak of irritation, the bedroom door opened and
Calley saw the familiar figure of her mother coming
into her room. Within seconds, her warm embrace was
chasing away the lingering nightmare.
"It's okay sweetie. Everything is fine," her
mother reassured her over and over, slowly rocking her
back and forth.
Within seconds the frightened child calmed, her
heart taking on the slow, steady rhythm that would place
her back in dreamland. But that was not to be.
Only seconds before Calley was to shut her eyes,
a light flashed across the window, followed by a large
explosion.
In the seconds that the woman had to react, she
threw her body over her child and tightly closed her
eyes against the pain as the toy shelf covering the
opposite wall fell onto her back.
She never knew what hit her.
As soon as the explosion started, it stopped;
leaving destruction and death in its path. Fires lit
up the night, sirens and car alarms shrieking adding
to the chaotic cacophony.
Nearly an hour later, Calley slowly pushed her
way from her mother's embrace and shook the woman
gently. "Mommy?" When she received no response, she
shook her again; more roughly. "Mommy?!"
"She's gone."
The small child gasped and spun around to see
who was speaking. On the opposite side of the room,
a yellow light shone brightly, then disappeared,
revealing a young lady in a sailor suit.
Calley studied the figure, rubbed her eyes, and
studied it once more. She had only seen the sailor
Senshi on the view screen, on the news and such. So
she recognized the girl in her room as Sailor Ceres.
Her mom had always told her the Senshi were good, but
Calley had never known how impressive they could be in
real life. The girl across from her walked with cat
like movements, as if she was prepared for anything
life might throw at her. When finally she reached the
five-year old, Calley was sure the room was clear of
danger.
"Come on sweetheart, I'll take you some place
safe," Sailor Ceres said, offering her hand to the
small child.
"But my Mommy," she whispered, her eyes looking
longingly at the woman lying face down on the floor.
Ceres bent down and placed her fingers on the woman's
wrist.
After a moment, she took a deep breath and looked
at the girl with sad eyes. "I'm sorry sweetie, your Mommy
didn't make it."
Calley stared at Ceres like she was dreaming again.
Any second her mother would turn the light on in the room
and everything would be okay. Her mother would whisper it
was alright, and it would always be alright. Tightly she
squeezed her eyes shut and began whispering. "Mommy.. Mommy.."
Ceres waited until the small child reopened her
eyes, and saw the knowledge of brutal reality in them.
With a strangled cry, the girl flung her arms around
Ceres' neck and began sobbing.
Whispering in her ear that all would be well,
Ceres transported to the crystal palace once more.
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It was, once more, another perfect day. The sun
brightly shining down on the River of Dreams and the
endless rows of red roses that lined its banks. The
temple was, as always, a sight to behold in its glory.
The white steeples soaring towards the sky and the clear
water in the fountains sparking.
The peaceful silence was broken by soft footsteps
echoing as they clicked on the marble floors. A flock of
birds drifted lazily across the sky, un-noticed by the
man as he crossed the field and entered the temple.
Slowly he went to his knees and tucked his hands beneath
his chin, head bowed as he spoke.
Please, Elysian, watch over the dreams of those on
Earth." It was the same prayer he spoke daily, but today
he felt an over-powering need to say one more thing.
"Especially Chibi-Usa's."
It wasn't something he done often, include her
specifically in his prayers, but today he had a bad
feeling. Something would happen and it would involve
her. He hoped it wasn't something horrible, for that
was a thought he couldn't stand. If something happened
to her... he didn't want to think about it. The thumping
of his heart became almost painful at the thought of the
pink-haired princess that had long ago captured his heart.
But she was as forbidden as entering a dream. He
would loose his priesthood, Elysian and everything he
had if he pursued that wish.
He often thought it would be worth it.
He shook his head, as if to remove the memory of
her lips against his own. "Become mortal? I could see
it now..." he mumbled, leaving the temple. "But if I
thought she would love me in return.. I would do most
anything for her. Even give up priesthood." With a sigh,
he entered the gates of the garden. Tat is when he saw it.
The eastern sky had turned an off white color;
growing darker as he watched it. Within minutes of first
spotting the dark cloud, the heavens opened, revealing a
ship of some sort. Before his unbelieving eyes--it shot
out and burned a hole in the land large enough to land in.
Helios gasped and crouched further into the bushes.
"Oh Mother Earth.." he breathed. Then a thought came to him.
"Chibi-Usa, I may see you sooner than I believed."
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The same moment, on the surface of Earth; Chibi-Usa was
practically drenched in sweat. She gritted her teeth and
gathered all the strength she could muster and pushed on the
stone. Together, with the combined forces of herself and the
Outer Senshi, the stone moved, allowing them to see inside
the basement of a destroyed building.
Inside lay a litter of kittens.
"Diana? Take them to your parents," Chibi-Usa ordered
and sank back against the ground. "All of that for cats..
lucky I like cats so."
Haruka raised an eyebrow and looked at Michiru. "We
spent how lon--" She was effectively cut off by the Senshi
of Neptune's finger placed against her lips.
"Nonsense, Haruka. We want to save all lives, not just
human. Besides, there could have been human life down there,"
she insisted.
Ami blushed heavily when Hotaru turned to her and her
mini-lap top. "I didn't say it was human readings..." her
voice trailed off.
"Either way, let's move on and see what Mom and Dad
have found," Chibi-Usa ordered, once more standing on her
feet.
As she turned around though, a white light penetrated
the dark sky. The sound of a horse?s calls filling her ears.
She looked around, the it was if she was the only one who
could hear it. The other Senshi were busy talking amongst
themselves. She looked heavenward once more, and in a flash
of light she saw something enter her chest. A small smile
broke out on her face.
He was back.
--End Chapter 1.
*cracks knuckles* sooo, whatja think? I so love Chibi-Usa and
Helios ^_^
HUGE thanks to Meara, my wonderful editor **HUGS** and everyone
who emails me about this and many of my other stories, thanks!!
This story is only going to be about 5 or 6 chapters total,
I'm not looking to make this extremely long because I have another
story in the works...
Infact, if you are still reading this - here's ya a preview ^_^
But there's a catch, if you read the preview, ya gotta email
me and tell me what you think, k? I haven't really wrote a dark
fic before and this being my first, I'm edgy about doing it -
so tell me what you think and if you think I should continue it,
ne? ^_^
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Preview: Mind Games
The night air was filled with black and red raging clouds,
lightening striking the city. Usagi looked in awe at the dress
that had appaeared on her body. "What's this?" Suddenly a sword
appeared next to her in the air, a voice instucting her as to
what to do.
"Destory her! Destory Galaxia! Take it!"
Usagi caught a glimse of a figure in the air. "Who are
you?"
"I have been waiting for someone who could accept me. Now,
take this sword and destroy Galaxia. Do it! Destory her with this
sword!"
Usagi looked at the sword being offered to her, back at the
figure of Galaxia and at the sword again. "Demo.."
"You have to!" the voice repeated.
"Demo.."
"Don't think! Just do it!"
Usagi closed her eyes, her hand wrapping around the sword
and bringing her close to her. Her mind screamed no, not to do
it, but the world was at sake; and that voice. The commanding
voice was telling her it was the only way.....
...Chaos looked at the scene with laughter in it's empty eyes.
"I'm free," he whispered, then screamed; "I'M FREE!"
Below him, Usagi still held onto Galaxia's hand tightly, refusing
to admitt she was dieing. "No, you can't die. I..."
Galaxia turned to the side, blood running from her mouth.
"S...Sailor Moon. No.. Princess Serenity. It's not your fault." Her
eyes watered and became unfocused, but she held fast to the small
amount of life within her body. "Promise me..you'll take care of the..
the Light of Hope. T..take care of.. Chibi..Chibi. Promise me....."
--twelve years later--
"I don't care! You're not my father and you can't tell me
what to do!"
Mamoru closed his eyes, slowly trying to regain some control
in the situation at hand. Raising a hand to his head, he rubbed his
temples gently; trying to rid of the headache that had begun there.
"Listen, you can not go out at all hours of the night. You are
fourteen years old, and father or not, you will listen to me! If
only for the reason that I give you a place to live!"
"No," Chibi-Chibi, now called Miako because in her eyes "Chibi-Chibi"
was too childish, whispered slowly to Mamoru, her eyes boring into his
almost as if to challenge him. "You don't give me a place to live,
Usagi does. And she only does it because she promised Gaxalia she would.
And you know it."
"Miako, that is not the reason. Usagi loved you and took you
in long before Gaxalia's death," Mamoru insisted.
"Yeah right," Miako spat, her eyes still staring at him as
she gathered her stuff together. "You just keep telling yourself
that cape boy."
Mamoru knew any moment he would explode on her, for the third
time this week. He stood in the center of Miako's room and watched
her throw clothing into a bag. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Away."
----end preview
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